16 CSS Clip Path Examples

The CSS clip-path property allows you to create interesting shapes and effects by clipping an element’s content to a basic shape or SVG path. With clip-path, you can morph elements into circles, polygons, curved shapes, and more.

In this post, I’ll showcase 16 CSS clip path examples to add distinctive designs to buttons, images, text, and layouts. Whether you want to notch a circle or polygon shape from an image or make an element bend and curve in unusual ways, these clips path snippets demonstrate how to do it with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

From clipping images into custom frames to animating clip paths for enticing hover effects, these examples explore how to leverage clipping and masking for aesthetically pleasing results. Clip path is widely supported in modern browsers and offers an alternative to SVG for non-rectangular shapes.